Archive for November 4th, 2022

WELL KNOWN CHRACTER ACTOR IS DEAD

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Andrew Lewis Prine (February 14, 1936 – October 31, 2022)

Prine was a film, stage, and television character actor. He
died of natural causes while vacationing in
Paris at age 86.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and in such television
series as
Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Virginian, and Wagon
Train
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Andrew Prine in the NBC-TV miniseries “V” (1983)

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DRIVER IS COMING BACK TO NASCAR IN 2023

Jimmie Johnson

(Fox News/ AP) – NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson (above) pulled a
Tom Brady on the racing world. After announcing his retirement
back in 2020, he will be making his comeback as part-owner and
driver of Petty GMS in 2023. He expects to enter about five races — including the Daytona 500.

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REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG ~

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THE END OF THE HUNGARIAN REVOLUTION

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A spontaneous national uprising that began 12 days before in
Hungary was viciously crushed by Soviet tanks and troops on
November 4, 1956. Thousands were killed and wounded and
nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.

The problems in Hungary began in October 1956, when thousands
of protesters took to the streets demanding a more democratic
political system and freedom from Soviet oppression.

In response, Communist Party officials appointed Imre Nagy, a
former premier who had been dismissed from the party for his
criticisms of Stalinist policies, as the new premier. Nagy tried
to restore peace and asked the Soviets to withdraw their troops.

The Soviets did so, but Nagy then tried to push the Hungarian
revolt forward by abolishing one-party rule. He also announced
that Hungary was withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact (the Soviet
bloc’s equivalent of NATO).

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Imre Nagy ( 7 June 1896 – 16 June 1958)

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